Teradek's Prism JetPack is a $16K 5G video contribution pack with eight modems, bonded streaming, SmallHD monitor, and Prism Flex IP support.
The Prism Jetpack may be the most challenging product Teradek has ever built. After years of research, prototyping, and testing, the company believes it has created a true game-changer for video contribution.
“The Prism Jetpack is a broadcast-grade 5G video contribution pack that looks familiar, but is unlike anything you’ve seen before,” says Michael Gailing, Teradek VP. “It marks the first time we’ve harnessed the incredible talent across Videndum, bringing together expertise from our sister companies SmallHD and Lowepro to deliver an integrated streaming solution that features the best of breed across monitors, encoders, and backpacks.”
Featuring 8x 5G modems, a custom antenna array, and 2x Ethernet Jetpack provides the connectivity (which includes Starlink) to go live and upload recorded content from virtually anywhere. It has a detachable SmallHD daylight-viewable monitor,
“The system offers a three-hour internal battery and compatibility with Gold or V-mount batteries for hot-swappable power, ensuring uninterrupted operation for extended productions,” explains Derek Nickell, Technical Product Manager.
Announced at NAB this year and on sale at the end of this month, the JetPack costs $16,000 (data plans extra).
“It has capacity for eight bonding sources or more. You have to de-bond it somewhere, so we recommend either getting a Core license and doing that in the cloud, but we also have on-prem hardware with the Prism Flex solution for streaming 4K over IP.
“If you’re working with somebody like the Secret Service or any federal agency they need to have everything behind their own firewalls, so this can also be deployed with hardware in their NOC.
“You can monitor your bandwidth, audio input and return video and view recordings. All of that can be done from the monitor. There are two different portals for the SIMs, four SIMs in each, and then if you need to, you can operate everything from the onboard panel.
“If there is a requirement for an eSIM and not physical SIM, we can do that too.”
A two-modem version of the JetPack is also on show.